The Gateway
The vast power of the Gateway surrounded Phoenix. She marveled at the energy coursing through her. Unlike the portals she could create, this one was a long corridor whose walls, floor, and ceiling showed the universe.
She shifted back into her two-legged form. Stardust circled her, swatting at a comet as it passed by. She giggled when the symbiot tried to chase the tail of the comet as if it were a string hanging from a ball of yarn.
“Stardust, we mustn’t touch anything,” she gently admonished the curious symbiot.
Stardust stopped and stared longingly at the departing comet before returning to her side. Phoenix laughed and caressed her symbiot’s head. Stardust had taken the form of a juvenile Werecat, except she’d forgotten to change her ears. Instead of the usual short ear
